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KS2 Teaching Assistant

Date posted : 06/01/21
£65 - 75 per day

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KS2 Teaching Assistant - Ealing - Full time - February Half Term Start!

Teaching Personnel are working closely with a Primary School in Ealing in West London, to help support with their staffing requirements. They have recently received details of a pupil who will be joining their Year 3 class after the February half-term. The pupil is sightly behind the national average and well below their target level, to prevent the pupil from falling further behind during their move and to help them settle in their new class, the school are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work 1-1 with the pupil from February.  

You will be required to support the pupil in areas of reading, writing and maths initially. Once the pupil has caught up in these areas you will be required to support them in other KS2 subject areas, while also providing whole class support as the pupil becomes more independent in class.  

Role Requirements:

- Level 3 or higher qualification
- At least 6 months experience working in a school or other childcare setting
- Experience of working with children aged 4-11 
- Ability to work off your own initiative and be proactive in supporting the class teacher 
- Be available 5 days a week and open to long term work in a primary school 
- Be able to provide 2 graded references from your most recent employment 
- Hold and advanced Child Only DBS on the Update Service or be willing to apply for one

Benefits of working with Teaching Personnel:

  • Access to a range of supply positions, such as daily emergency cover, short term cover, long term placements such as supporting new students or maternity cover and the chance to gain permanent or fixed term contracts
  • Free and exclusive access to in-house and online training courses, such as Autism Awareness, Anxiety Diploma, Child Psychology, The Complete SEND Diploma Levels 2, 3 and 4 and many more!
  • Weekly Friday pay day through PAYE with rates starting at GBP65*
  • The chance to work within a variety of Schools, ranging from Special Needs, Primary and Secondary; Ofsted graded Requirements Improvement to Outstanding
  • Opportunities to gain fixed term and permanent contracts directly through the School of your choice

If you are interested in this vacancy or would like some more information please contact Holly on 0208 616 9893 or email your CV to holly.spackman@teachingpersonnel.com

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

For details of our privacy policy, please see teachingpersonnel.com/privacy-notice

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